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Demonreach, the Holy People, and Outsiders

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Piotr1600:
Thanks a lot, Serack! /sarcasm   ;D
(Now instead of mindlessly playing Minecraft and continue work building my all-glass mountain range this evening, I get to delve into the historical relationships between symbology, language & writing.)
I'll let you know if I find anything... interesting.

Serack:

--- Quote from: Lash Dresden on July 15, 2011, 07:05:41 PM ---This is what I was thinking, as well.  The script around the mouth of the jar, together with the information that the individual was collecting blood from large, dangerous animals, was enough for Bob to figure out what was afoot.  I'll have to check it when I get home.

--- End quote ---

Here we go:


--- Quote from: wttj ---"What about the runes?  I thought they might be a modified Sumerian cuneiform but it didn't quite fit.
Not too far off, boss, they're arcadian mystic runes.  Old, old stuff.  Rarer than hell.
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Arcadia ended up being the home of the Pelasgians, thought to be the original or indigenous inhabitants of Greece.

X:
Keep in mind that the runes on the house and tower were able to keep the Skinwalker out, and it was furious as a result.  This to me implies that it not only knew what those runes did, but probably a general guess of the people/being responsible for the runes.  Seeing as the Holy People gave the skin walkers their abilities, it's not too much of a stretch to think they would know how to stop one.  Now what the runes  Holy People of the Amereican Southwest were doing on an island in the middle of Lake Michigan is another question all together

vultur:
I thought "a prehistoric script" might mean it was from some lost civilization from which no history survives -- some Atlantis-type thing. (Maybe the fall of that civilization was what inspired the creation of the Archive?)

The Arcadia thing... hmmm. Well, the Pelasgians are pretty much a blank historically, so I guess any history they had would be lost...

astelon:
Possibly the runes were meant to keep out hostile entities, and the skin walker qualified while the Denarians did not.  This would explain why the skin walker did not recognize them, and why he got so mad when he couldn't force his way through, and we don't have to come up with an explanation for how runes connected to American southwest legends got to Lake Michigan.

If the runes had been placed by the Holy People the skin walker would have likely recognized them, which he didn't seem to.

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